Re: [RFC] GIT user survey

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Jun 24, 2006, 20:52 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0606241344450.6483@g5.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <20060624200401.GV21864@pasky.or.cz>

On Sat, 24 Jun 2006, Petr Baudis wrote:

> 
> It is also linked from the homepage, although not as prominently as it
> should be; it grew nicely over the time so it probably deserves a more
> visible link now. I will add it on the front page.

Pasky, the homepage seems a bit pointless. Each individual page is so small that splitting it up into six different pages is just counter-productive.

I'd almost suggest making it _one_ page, perhaps with some shortcuts within it (ie a "http://git.or.cz/index.html#tools" shortcut within the page instead of having a separate "http://git.or.cz/tools.html" page)

Hmm?

In contrast, the wiki frontpage actually works pretty well - it's got more of that kind of "multiple sub-headers all on the same page" kind of layout, with just extra _details_ behind the links.

I don't know about everybody else, but I get irritated at webpages that force me to just switch to another page to get any information. It's like how some web journalists split up a story over 20 pages, and each page is just a few paragraphs and some graphic (and the commercials, of course).

I'd much rather _scroll_ a bit, or use ^F to _search_, than have to click through links.

			Linus